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THE ACADEMY

OF WOMEN+ WORDS

THE LIST
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WORDS ON FIRE

THE LIST

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WHY YET ANOTHER LIST?

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BECAUSE AMERICA, WE HAVE A PARITY PRODUCTION PROBLEM.

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BECAUSE SO MANY OF OUR WORDS AND WORLDS ARE WOUNDED, SILENCED, CAGED.

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BECAUSE IT'S ALL IN THE CONTEXT, THE FRAMING, HOW WE LEARN TO READ OUR LIVES.

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BECAUSE IF WE WISH OUR WORDS AND WORLDS TO SURVIVE WE HAVE TO OPEN

OUR LANGUAGE'S EYES

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BECAUSE

PAPER GODS

 

CAN BURN

 

WHEN

WORLDS

AND

WORDS

 

CATCH

FIRE

ABOUT

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LISTS. Playwright lists. Author lists. List lists. So I’ve been thinking on All The Lists of All The Worthy Words. See my words and me, we hue a bit more blue with each new exclusion but we understand we will never be what pleases list cartographers b/c we are quiet strange wild and there are So Many Wondrous Worthy Words.

 

SO WE

– that would be my words and me –

MADE OUR OWN LIST!

 

In part so we could hang out with So Many Wondrous Worthy Words. And, you know. Be a bit more Real.

Be Listed. 

 

It’s a play, actually – The List – a brand-new impossible shiny first draft toy of a play. It’s called The Academy b/c it made us giggle something fierce to dream on a Women+ Words Warrior one day saying “I’D LIKE TO THANK THE ACADEMY”. Women+ Words Warriors’ names and the titles of one or more of their works are worked into the character’s dialogue as shout-outs or elsewhere in the play. Hopefully the names and titles will be projected during a hypothetical future production of the play. Words can dream.

 

There’s AN APPENDIX OF WOMEN+ WORDS.

It’s supposed to be handed out to the hypothetical ‘never gonna happen b/c did we mention the play is impossible’ audience. Words can dream. BTW "Women+" as a term is intended here to include folx who identify as female or NB (H/t Women+ in Theater - WiT - a FB group).

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PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR THE ACADEMY WOMEN+. 

PLEASE SEEK OUT THESE AND OTHER WORKS BY THESE FOLX. THESE WORKS ARE MOSTLY PLAYS. PLEASE READ, DEVELOP & PRODUCE THESE PLAYS.

 

A PS TO THE ACADEMY WOMEN+:

Please let me know if there are errors updates questions or if you do not wish to be included in The Academy - list or play. For those who wish to stay, I'd love pronunciation of your name for the TBD first reading. 

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